#72C73B#72C73B

#72C73B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.191 H 135.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C73B
RGB	rgb(114, 199, 59)
HSL	hsl(96, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(96, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 0%, 70.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.72, -49.12, 59.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.72, 76.78, 129.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% -0.1368 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.191 135.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1516, 44.7384, 11.2888)
Luminance	0.4474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C73B #903BC7

analogous

#B8C73B #72C73B #3BC74A

triadic

#72C73B #3B72C7 #C73B72

tetradic

#72C73B #3BB8C7 #903BC7 #C74A3B

square

#72C73B #3BB8C7 #903BC7 #C74A3B

split-complementary

#72C73B #4A3BC7 #C73BB8

monochromatic

#3C691E #57992C #72C73B #94D56B #B6E29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#72C73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#72C73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C73B

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C73B	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FC0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 199, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.191 135.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d879',
    500: '#72c73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c73b;
$custom-light: #a1d879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74836,
    "c": 0.19122,
    "h": 135.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C73B

secondary

#B690CE

accent

#49DFA4

background

#FAFDF7

surface

#F4FAEE

border

#CED3C9

text

#10140A

muted

#7F837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C73B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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